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David Cay Johnston: “I wonder if it is the Senator's intent by this resolution to begin a two China policy, that is to violate the terms of…”

On the recordMay 9, 1995
I wonder if it is the Senator's intent by this resolution to begin a two China policy, that is to violate the terms of the agreement the United States made with the People's Republic of China in 1979 to recognize the People's Republic of China as the sole legal Government of China? As my colleague knows, since signing that agreement, the United States has maintained only unofficial relations with Taiwan, keeping commercial, cultural, and other relations without official Government representation and without diplomatic relations.
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David Cay Johnston
West Virginia
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Questioning a resolution regarding U.S. relations with China and Taiwan.

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